The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-08

Ii you are interested in the growth Of
Henderson and the development of its in
dustries, vote for the subscription to the
Durham railroad. We have it upon good
authority that the road ,osE not come here
| unless we help to build it. Can we afford
not to do that?
Oscar the Barber. by his polite manners,
strict attention to business and frst-class
workmanship commands the respect OF
all, and has built up very good patronage.
Call OIL Oscar once, and you'll call again.
He is never so happy as when waiting on
! gentlemen in some way.
How many of US will be here to help pay
off the final debt on the railroad bonds if
! the subscription is voted Monday? Forty
years is long time for them to mature
and surely We need not be scared off by
! the taxation bug-a-bear when it amounts
to such a timid, harmless little thing as
| that.
| Towns as we'll as individuals must help
! themselves if they expect to be helped
| We cannot expect others to come in and
build us up as community, if We sit idly
down with folded hands and do nothing
! for ourselves. This is a truth which the
people of Henderson cannot afford to ignore
| just now.
| Nobody wants Henderson to give cent
to the Durham railroad, but to exchange
! bonds for same amount OF stock. The two
! towns will own about One-third of the
stock and get their share of the net earn
/ ings of the road in proportion to the
amount of stock owned. This Is a fair
enough proposition surely.
The Kernersville Ne,cs and Farm says
! the September number of the Southern
Home will be the most interesting one
yet published. Two pages will be devoted
! to Asheville and its surrounding scenery,
written by Miss Mamie L. Hatchett, and
whatever comes from her graceful pen will
be richly worth reading.
The Reidsville Weekly says the people
Of North Carolina ON next Thanksgiving
day should with one accord give their
praise and gratitude to God for the bounte-
Gus crops lie has bestowed upon them. An
ungrateful people need not expect con-
tinued blessings. Verify, we have much
to be truly thankful for.
! Do you think you will be doing right to
cast a vote against the railroad subscription
Monday, saying by such act you.do not care
for industrial development; that Hender-
son has already grown as large as you want
it that competing towns should take the
lead and wrest from US the hard earned
prosperity that we now enjoy? Think Of
this.
oxford does not want the railroad built
from Durham to Henderson Franklinton
and Louisburg do not want it to come here.
They know the effect it will have upon
those places if the road Is built to Hender-
son. Is this not strong point in favor of
the road? Then come out to the polls
Monday aud vote for the subscription to
the capital stock.
In every community there are a number
of men whose whole time is not occupied
such as teachers, ministers, farmers sons,
and others. To these classes especially we
would say, if you wish to make several
hundred dollars during the next few
months, write at once to b. F. Johnson &
Co, of Richmond. Va, and they will show
you how to do it,
Mr.. F. B. Kicks who for the past three
! years has been living in Henderson, has
moved with his family to Nashville, Nash
county. to live. Mr.. Kicks had a flatterine
offer made him to go there to engage i'll the
mercantile business, hence his leaving
Henderson. He is good business man.
and the GOLD LEAF wishes him all posi-
BILE success in his new undertaking.
Mr. J. NJ. Davis showed us the other day
something Of curiosity in the shape of a
tomato. 1t was perfect imitation of a
child's head and face, with sunken places
representing the eyes and ears, while a
small split or indentation formed the
mouth. The shape and formation of the
whole thing were we'll nigh complete-in
fact striking resemblance to the human
head and face.
The workingmen will be benefited by
the Durham railroad. No convict labor
will be employed, and we have it upon the
authority of Maj. Winder that the money
for supplies to build the road will be spent
in Henderson and Durham and along the
line Of the $3.50, 900 to be expended il
this way Henderson would probably get
back twice as much as she would have tt
pay out in the entire forty years.
Mr.. Robert Beacon who farms shor
distance from town has sent the GOLD LEAF
. the finest samples of new tobacco we have
yet seen. They were the leaves from TIVE
stalks, of uniform size and color, and thu
quality strictly fine. Mr.. Beacom's young
son Mr.. J. f. Beacon, did the curing and
his work shows him to be All expert at cur
ing yellow tobacco He had cured fv,
barns up to Saturday, with good success il
each case.
The railroad to Durham would Civ,
Henderson direct communication with tn.
West and Northwest via the Western
| North Carolina railroad and the Lynch
l burg & Durham road. enabling our mer
| chants to get meat and flour here as chea]
S as it can be laid down in Richmond. Thi
l would give us an additional advantag
over competing markets and make Her
derso2 the great distributing point for thi
I part of the State.
0 Prepare to give the fall trade boom
t rousing reception. Merchants all over tn
t country are looking for a big trade, ant
l the indications are that they will not b
S disappointed. The orders received in tn
large cities already exceed anything know
o in recent years at this season. Among on
hon no, h,,Ss hoe 1xna